uss mcclusky (ffg-41)

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aid down:	18 October 1981
aunched:	18 September 1982
ommissioned:	10 December 1983
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Homeport:	San Diego, California
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isplacement:	4,100 tons (4,170 t) full load
ength:	453 ft (138.1 m), overall
eam:	45 ft (13.7 m)
raft:	22 ft (6.7 m)
ropulsion:	2 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and controllable-pitch propeller
peed:	29+ knots (54+ km/h)
ange:	5,000 nm (9,300 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
omplement:	15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted maintainers
rmament:	One OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun; one Mk 13 Mod 4 single-arm launcher for Harpoon anti-ship missiles and SM-1MR Standard anti-ship/air missiles (40 round magazine); two Mk 32 triple-tube (324 mm) launchers for Mark 46 torpedoes; one Vulcan Phalanx CIWS; four .50-cal (12.7 mm) machine guns.
ircraft:	2 × SH-60 LAMPS III helicopters
otto:	Persistent, Courageous, Victorious
ickname:	Mighty Mac

USS McClusky (FFG-41), an Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate, is a ship of the United States Navy named for Rear Admiral C. Wade McClusky (1902–1976). In the Battle of Midway, then-Lieutenant Commander McCluskey led USS Enterprise's air group, which sank the Japanese carriers Kaga and Akagi. McClusky was laid down on 18 October 1981 by the Todd Pacific Shipyards Co., Los Angeles Division, San Pedro, Ca.; launched on 18 September 1982; and commissioned on 10 December 1983 in Long Beach, CA, Commander Lynch in command.

Important Events

1986 — Involved in the patrolling of Taiwan International Waters during Chinese large scale exercises in region.
1991 — Changed homeports to Yokosuka, Japan; assisted in operation Fiery Vigil, the evacuation of civilians from the Philippines during eruption of Mount Pinatubo.
1992 — The ship visited Vladivostok, Russia, the first ship to do so after the break up of the Soviet Union.
1996 — After three Arabian Gulf Deployments, 15 Bilateral exercises and over 40 port visits, McClusky departs Yokosuka for homeport shift back to San Diego.
2000 — First Counter Narcotics Ops — numerous busts and drug seizures
2002 — Counter Drug Ops, and Rescue of Richard Van Pham, Shift ISIC from Destroyer Squadron 7 (DesRon 7) to DesRon 1.
2003 — INSURV and Battle E Winner — Counter Drug OPS

As of 2005, McCluskey is captained by CDR Herman T.K. Awai. See USS McClusky for other ships of the same name.

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